The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-16
EASTER EGG ROLLING.
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HiI" knocked Them All Out
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New York World. Special.
WAsuINGTsN April Il.-There were
gathered i'm the White House grounds
to-day. AT least seven thousand children,
accompanied by three thousand mothers,
sisters and nurses. Each was well sup
piled with baskets and buckets OF eggs.
The Easter Monday egg festival origin
ated in this city "A great many years ago,
but never before has II been 80 grea,
holiday for the little folks. As early as
. o'clock the grounds were well filled,
and from that time until they came in
droyes of hundreds The children, like
the eggs, were not all Of one color The
colored youth was m frisky as his white
neighbor and in many instances lac "a
vailed him in the stock Of eggs, both IN
quantity and variety of colors.
II was "A novel sight To see "A thonsaiin
or more eggs 20 rolling down the ter.
races, with as many little folk, girls and
bows. falling over each other in
| the grand rush for the eggs Of the most
| dashy colors. Occasionally some over
| enterprising youth i'm his excitement,
| would destroy his rivals property, winch
was generally followed by fight, with
| their nurses as referees. In one instance
there was a collapse Of a shell, which re-
| vealed a sad but effective sight, and one
| boy went home not particularly impress
| ed with the grandeur Of the occasion.
| The egg was ancient, and his rivai hhd
| struck him on the head with IL.
Politics was not entirely eliminated
| from the festival. There were hepupii
can eggs and Democratic eggs, nained
respectively by youthful political asPlr-
rants. Frequent were the con,sSS ~
tween them 40 70 which could break the
others first. There were Cleveland eggs,
| Blaine eggs. Randall eggs, Hill eggs anu
| eggs ,f all the political fayorites. One
| bTi0ht little boy. the son Of prominent
| Democratic Congressman, was the proud
| possessor of a highly colored egg upon
| which was inscribed i'm red letters
Gov. Hill" The egg was warrior.
| After knocking out great many of the
| Blaine and Cleveland eggs the namesake
of Gov. Hill was carried through the
| grounds i'm great triumph, with offers to
| fight any other egg on the grounds.
AT I 30 O'Clock the scenes for time
| were transferred from the grounds 70
| the East Parlor in the White house'
| where they were received by the rres'-
dent. IL seemed more like CnrI.,llaS 1.,llllal
| tree with the President as santa ,nsis, s
,han ,ha, ~ an ordinary reception. After
| the President had greeted aoou. , on
half of the 1000 urchins he grew tired
1 and was compelI~d TO order the doors
| cioaed NOT allowing the remainder To
enter. This order provoked an outburs.
Of Indignation from the mothers, ana
with those whose children We're not
| allowed admission Mr.. Cleveland was al
once in great disfavor,
| An effort was made in the early part
of the reception 10 have the President
| kin the children as they passed, but u
| was no use. He shook their hands, and
RATED them ON their heads and accepted
eggs from them until he had the pockets
| In the skirt Of his Prince Albert coat
buiging out like those Of a school-boy ~
J green apple time.